Juan M. Restrepo
About Juan M. Restrepo
Juan M. Restrepo serves as the Section Head of the Mathematics and Computation Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and is a Distinguished R&D Staff Member. He has over 25 years of experience in research and academia, focusing on areas such as acoustics, scientific computing, and climate dynamics.
Work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Juan M. Restrepo serves as the Section Head of the Mathematics and Computation Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has held this position since 2020, contributing to research and development efforts in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Prior to this role, he worked briefly as a Group Leader at the same institution in 2020.
Education and Expertise
Juan M. Restrepo holds a PhD in Physics from Penn State University, where he studied from 1987 to 1992. He also earned a Master of Science in Acoustics Engineering from the same institution between 1985 and 1987. Additionally, he has a Bachelor of Science in Music from New York University, obtained from 1980 to 1983. His expertise encompasses acoustics of architectural spaces, scientific computing, and large data set management, particularly in ocean dynamics.
Background in Academia
Juan M. Restrepo has extensive academic experience, having served as a Professor at the Mathematics Department of the University of Arizona from 2009 to 2014. He also held a professorship at Oregon State University, where he was co-Director of the Dynamics & Data Science Institute from 2014 to 2020. His role as a Tinsley Oden Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin occurred in 2012.
Visiting Scholar Positions
Throughout his career, Juan M. Restrepo has engaged in several visiting scholar positions. He was a Visiting Scholar at Stockholm University for one month in 2014 and at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications at the University of Warwick in 2011 for two months. He also served as Visiting Faculty at SAMSI in 2012 for four months.
Professional Recognition
Juan M. Restrepo is recognized as a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. This recognition reflects his contributions to the fields of Mathematics, Climate Dynamics, and Statistical Physics over his 25 years of research and academic experience.